Antonio Poletti and Claudio Testini founded the group in 2013. The appropriately titled The Beginning demo appeared in 2014. Fabio Bartoletti joined in September of 2014. Rome, Italy-based technical and industrial-influenced death metal band Deceptionist signed with Unique Leader Records in the spring of 2016. The label would release the band's Initializing Irreversible Process debut album late that spring. The band had returned to Outersound Studio for the recording. The album dealt with the relationship between man and machine.